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iOS 11 Overtakes iOS 10, Now Installed on 47% of Devices
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That makes sense though I wonder how sophisticated they are in understanding the data. I mean it's a fair bet that the kind of people who update quickly are also likely heavy users of the internet I think so it would be hard to avoid oversampling them.
I find it rather odd that some people in my social area are just now noticing iOS 11 was released. These updates are taking way too long to nag us this year.
<——- zero complaints here. And on old hardware to boot!
Not sure I understand your logic. I've upgraded all of my devices to iOS 11 and High Sierra. Everything is working just flawlessly and I love the incremental improvements over iOS 10. It seems these days there's just more and more nitpicking at what Apple's doing when by and large the vast majority of Apple users are quite happy with their day to day experiences.
Security updates alone should be good enough reason to update for those that can. Especially Mac OS.
The metric would be more meaningful if people were able to go back to previous iOS versions.
I suspect many people would downgrade back to iOS 10 or even 9 if they could.
I suspect many people would downgrade back to iOS 10 or even 9 if they could.
Competitors would love to have a 47% download rate.
After 11 iOS versions this is the first I regret installing. My iPad Air 2 only slowed down a little and doesn’t really bother me, but my iPhone 6 Plus is a stuttering and lagging mess. I have a legit 3-4 second delay from tapping an app to it opening. It’s frustrating the hell out of me.
Perhaps -- but if it comes at the cost of ruining the device in other ways, sometimes it's a tradeoff people are willing to make.
I'm so glad I downgraded to 10.3.3 before they stopped signing it. 11 has to be my worst experience with any software, ever. I'll wait for 11.1 or 11.2.
I carry 2 iPhone SE's. One for work and one for personal. I installed iOS 11 on my personal device on day 1. I have to say, I wish I could roll it back. There is a lag any time I open an app in iOS11 and I've also noticed that apps take longer to load initially.
I've done side-by-side comparisons opening apps from a fresh restart and the device running iOS 10 was faster in every test.
I'm assuming it's due to the work-related malware installed on my work phone, but I have not been nagged about updating to 11 yet and I don't intend to. If I get an iPhone 7 or newer I'm sure it would run great and I'd love it.
I've done side-by-side comparisons opening apps from a fresh restart and the device running iOS 10 was faster in every test.
I'm assuming it's due to the work-related malware installed on my work phone, but I have not been nagged about updating to 11 yet and I don't intend to. If I get an iPhone 7 or newer I'm sure it would run great and I'd love it.
The device is yours, the software is Apple's.
(Not defending that at all, just saying, that's the argument you'd get if you really pushed on that idea...)
It is, if you had read the article you’d have known that it took much less time for iOS 10 to overtake iOS 9 than it’s takin iOS 11 to overtake iOS 10. This is not surprising: it’s a very buggy release that adds virtually no features and slows down older devices, so quite understandably people stay away from it despite Apple aggressive attempts to force the upgrade.
Something like 40% of all Android devices run a version older than 3 years.
11 on my air 2, and yes the features are very nice, and yes, it's also laggy and stuttery. My iPhone 7 is on 10, and I think it'll stay there. I don't want to risk performance and battery life for the lesser feature set that 11 brings to iPhone as compared to iPad.
Slight correction: The 47% statistic is iOS 11 usage not installation. Mixpanel's data is from people people who use their iPhone to visit sites they monitor, Apple knows the real installation number, that would be lower than 47% due to people who don't use their phones as much, so less likely to be counted in the Mixpanel's data and less likely to have updated to iOS 11
Compare Mixpanel's Android usage data to Google's installation data
Compare Mixpanel's Android usage data to Google's installation data
I'm staying on IOS 10. Too many older 32 bit apps that I use.
When you see an older device still running the OS it came with (or maybe one later) you realize how great of an idea it actually is. My wife's mini 2 is now more responsive than my air 2 because I've updated to 11 and she's still on 8.
That makes no sense. People who have upgraded their iPhones to iOS 11, but don’t visit their websites would put adoption higher, not lower.